Schkuhr, C. (1809), Vier und Zwanzigste Klasse des Linneischen Pflanzensystems oder Kyptogamische Gewachse: 139-140, t. 139 (9, 190) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat passim intra tropicos."

misapplication: Ophioglossum scandens L. legitimate by Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus: 78

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1870), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7(53): 83 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 63 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hydroglossum scandens (L.) Willd. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 962 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 136 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (July 1895), A supplement to a census of the flora of extra-tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 19: 82 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 638 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 210-212 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ophioglossum scandens L. legitimate misapplication: Hydroglossum scandens (L.) Willd. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 62-63, Fig. 55

Holttum, R.E. (December 1959), Schizaeaceae. Flora Malesiana Series II 1(1): 61 [secondary reference]

Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 312 [secondary reference]

Pichi Sermolli, R.E.G. (1991), The pteridological collections of the G.R.S.T.S. Expedition to the coastal region of north-eastern Queensland. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 45(2): 335 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 184, Fig. 59, Map 156 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 847 [secondary reference]

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 29 [secondary reference]

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